452 POULTRY PRODUCTION 



four years, at a western ]iaekinp;-house, is shown in Tal)le 

 XIA'Il \\lii(li is ]iut ill grapliie l'(jrni in Figure 210. 



Table XLVI. — Tiik PEncENTA(;E or the National Egg Choc 

 Produced ICacii Month. 



.January ... O.G 



February 7.1 



March 12.4 



April 13.4 



May 13.3 



June 10.7 



.July ... 9.6 



August . 8.6 



September . 6.2 



October 4.2 



Noveniljer , . .3.1 



Deoemlicr 4.3 



Taiile XLVII. — The Aveuaiie Receipt.? oe Poultry at a Westers' 



Packing-iiou.se i-iR I.v\c}i Month, B.\red on the Period 



HI1II--HI1!) Inclustve.i 



Pounds. 

 .January ... . . . . 238.598 ^ 



Februaiy 175,689 



March 168,159 



April 125,920 



May 212,554 



.June 258,196 



,Julv . ... 286,472 



August 435,519 



September , . 505,173 



October . 638,850 



Nf>\eiuber . . .... 725,332 



Decemb.u- 639.088 



It must tic unilerstooi! tlitit these seasons are longer and 

 are hardly so clearly defined as the seasons for strawberries 

 and ^egetaljles. They are suffieiently marked, however, 

 so tliat during the egg season practicalh' the whole force 

 at a ])acking establishment is employed in packing eggs. 

 Tlie transition from the egg season to the poultry season is 

 somewhat gradual, but in October and November the whole 

 force is busy packing poultry. 



This discussion, of course, applies to the general condition. 

 Both eggs and poultry may be and are produced out of season. 



' Courtesy of Seymour Packing Company, Topeka, Kansas. 



